posted by kidpurple
December 14, 2008
We all knew that it would happen eventually. Dwayne De Rosario didn’t make it a secret that he wanted to eventually play in his home country. De Rosario plays with the Canadian national team so he is on his way to Toronto FC.
In exchange for Dwayne De Rosario Toronto FC send Julius James and allocation money to the Houston Dynamo. James is a defender who played in 13 games during his rookie season this past year with TFC. James was the 9th selection in the draft from UConn, where he was the Big East defender of the year 3 straight years.
Will Dwayne De Rosario be able to help TFC get into the playoffs for the first time in the club’s history?
posted by kidpurple
December 9, 2008
New England Revolution defender and former Rookie of the Year Michael Parkhurst is leaving Major League Soccer after 4 seasons. Parkhurst is finishing up contract negotiations with FC Nordsjaelland, a team from Denmark’s Superligaen.
Parkhurst’s contract was up at the end of this past season so his move is free for FC Nordsjaelland. He didn’t make it a secret that he wanted to go overseas at the end of his contract, so it was no surprise to the Revolution. The 24 year old defender thought this was going to be the right time in his career to make the move.
This past season’s rookie of the year, Chad Marshall, is also trying out Europe. Marshall defends for the Columbus Crew but will be appearing in a test match for Mainz05 as a guest player. Only time will tell if he will fill a more permanent role with the team than “guest”.
posted by kidpurple
December 8, 2008
Would the New England Revolution be willing to trade Taylor Twellman? mls-rumors.net has a story that the Revolution might be getting ready to do just that. They suggest that LA Galaxy might be his future home.
I couldn’t imagine this happening unless Donovan actually leaves the team full time to play in Germany. Then they might need someone like Twellman to replace Donovan. What do you think? What are the chances Twellman goes to LA, and what would the Revolution get for him?
posted by kidpurple
November 20, 2008
Landon Donovan has been training with Bayern Munich the past week and a half and has impressed coach Jurgen Klinsmann enough to get him a loan. Klinsamann is going to bring Landon to Bayern on a loan contract that will run from the 1st of January through the middle of March. His goal will be to keep him longer – at least until the end of the German Bundesliga season, which runs through most of May.
Have we seen the end of Donovan’s days in Major League Soccer?
posted by kidpurple
November 11, 2008
We’ve heard rumors throughout the second half of the season that Landon Donovan would be targeting Germany as his home after the current MLS season. Tuesday Donovan has started a 10 day training trial with the German club Bayern Munich.
Donovan played in Germany previously but failed to make an impact with Bayer Leverkusen between 2001 and 2005.
ESPN Soccernet reports that Donovan is happy to be training in Germany with his friend and current Bayern coach Jurgen Klinsmann. There is no mention of a done deal to get him to come to the club full time. Maybe after the 10 day trial training period?
